The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G Cook

Photograph by "Simon Tiron"

Private George COOK, G/17787, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (received in action at Arras), 38 Field Ambulance, Arras, Flanders France, 20th November 1916, age 39.

Born 24th September 1875, Maidstone, Kent, son of Stephen Benjamin and Fanny Cook, (daughter of Richard Nash), 379 Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, Kent.

Served 6 years in West Kent Militia.

1911 Census - 271, Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, Kent - Stephen Benjamin Cook, head, age 69, married, pensioned drayman, brewery, born Ulcombe, Kent; Fanny Cook, wife, age 63, married 40 years, 11 children, 6 still alive, born Headcorn, Kent; Stephen Benjamin Cook, son, age 37, single, labourer, brewery, born Leeds, Kent; George Cook, son, age 35, single, labourer, brewery, born Maidstone, Kent; Harry William Cook, son, age 28, single, journeyman butcher, born Maidstone, Kent; Louisa Maud Murton, visitor, age 23, single, born Wood Green, London.

15th April 1911, St Michaels, Maidstone, Kent, married Louisa Maud Murton, (daughter of the late Robert Murton), 34 Allen Street, Maidstone, Kent / 52 Peel St, Maidstone, Kent. Deceased by June 1920. Scroll and Medals sent to Mrs Annie E Murton, 52 Peel St, Maidstone, Kent

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 40 years & 90 days, height 5ft 3½ inches, 135lbs. Resided 52 Peel St, Maidstone, Kent. Formerly brewers labourer.

Home 11th December 1915 to 2nd October 1916; BEF 3rd October 1916 to 20th November 1916.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 19th June 1916, mobilized; 20th June 1916, posted 27th Battalion, (Reserve) Royal Fusiliers, Service No.3275; 1st September 1916, posted 103 Training Reserve Battalion; 3rd October 1916, posted BEF & transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th October 1916, embarked; 18th October 1916, joined 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th November 1916, wounded; 20th November 1916, 38 Field Ambulance, died of wounds.

A Sergeant wrote: "I found your husband, the little while he has been in my platoon, a through good soldier and one of the best; never a complaint or a word of dissatisfaction and it is a great loss to us all to have lost such a good soldier, and I feel it very much."

11th June 1917, pension of 13/9 per week awarded to widow.

Buried at Le Fermont Military Cemetery, II. D. 6., Riviere, Pas de Calais, France.

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